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1923. Papini, journalist, polemical critic, poet, and novelist, whose avant-garde polemics made him one of the most controversial Italian literary figures in the early and mid-20th century. He gained international fame with his religious novel Storio Di Christo and the English translation, The... read more
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JESUS was born in a stable, a real stable, not the bright, airy portico which Christian painters have created for the Son of David, as if ashamed that their God should have lain down in poverty and dirt.
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This is book 958 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
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- Giovanni Papini (Author)
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- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Fiction
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( F ) › Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Christian Living
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction › Historical
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